Can Congress stop Obama's Iran giveaway?

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took to the Senate floor on Thursday to
ask for unanimous consent to schedule a vote on a bill that would give
Congress final approval over any deal, or else reinstate tough sanctions
on Iran.

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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.) quickly rejected the request,
arguing that scheduling a vote on the deal would be "premature at this
point." He said it would "send a fairly chilling message" that U.S.
officials at the table with Iran did not have full authority to
negotiate an agreement.

But when Republicans take control of the
Senate, they could move to pass that bill, or push legislation from
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Mark
Kirk (R-Ill.) which would reinstate sanctions if Iran violates any
deal.

Their bill also pledges military support for Israel if it
decides to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, which it has threatened to
do.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) delayed a vote on
the bill earlier this year under pressure from the White House, which
argued that it could sink any chance of reaching a deal. Sen. Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.), the next majority leader, though has expressed
support for tough sanctions.

The president has already threatened
to veto the legislation, but doing so would be politically risky. The
bill already enjoys the support of 60 senators, including 16 Democrats,
and there is sweeping support for a similar bill in the House.

A
deal that's not supported by Congress or seen as weak could also hurt
the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, especially if it fails to
prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons capabilities.

Experts
believe negotiators will extend their talks beyond the November deadline
for several months, which would allow Republicans to pass Iran
legislation before a deal is reached.

If negotiators do reach a
deal before Republicans take power, the GOP can still try to stand in
the way. Republicans could move a bill requiring congressional approval
of any deal, pass legislation defunding implementation, or pass a
non-binding joint resolution expressing disapproval.

Some experts
said GOP pressure and oversight before a deal is reached would
strengthen U.S. negotiators by creating clear red lines they could not
cross in talks.

This is all very nice but it assumes that President Obama is a rational actor. He's not. He's dogmatic and doesn't give a damn what happens to the country or the Democratic party after January 20, 2017.

Moreover, I'm not even convinced that his approval of a deal that would make Iran a nuclear power would necessarily spell defeat for the Democrats in 2016. All the liberal Jews will vote for the Democrats even if they make Mickey Mouse their candidate. All I keep hearing on this trip is how no one is thrilled with Hillary Clinton but the Republicans don't have any candidate who can win a national election. When I point out how the Republicans devastated the Democrats two weeks ago, I am told that national elections are different. And I can see that.

All in all it's not a good situation, and I can see Obama using a 'nuclear option' to allow Iran to go nuclear.

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I wish zero nations had a nuclear arsenal. It's not clear that Iran has a nuclear capability beyond energy provider. But as long as Israel's military has nuclear capability, a counterbalance is needed.

Most Dems I know don't even know any Republicans because the liberal Dem Jewish communal organization run a shunning program toward anybody who doesn't show public contempt for anything not Progressive Democrat. It will ultimately take some brave people (Sheldon Adelson comes to mind, except that he is supporting lawless melting of our southern border, and I'm not sure what else) to actually stand with the Electoral Oppostition to the Progressive Democrats, which for the foreseeable future is the Republicans... need to donate, get publicly involved in supporting them, and ultimately work with Mark Levin's Article V thing to get the lawlessly bloated Govt back into its Constitutionally defined limits. If everybody prefers to stay acceptable to avoid the shunning (it happens in any number of marxist identity groups), then it's over for generations. It will be a Gangbanger world run by the most ruthless. Don't be chicken.

Herbert Marcuse is very close to getting a WIN designation for the New Left Progressive Democrat plan of going up on the inside, including the administrative bureaucracy, and collapsing the U.S. Constitutional system without people noticing, at first, or being able to stop it, later. It's what he told me in person at UCSD in the late '70s. I got away from CA (although he spent most of his post-escape professor years at Brandeis), and forgot all about him. Then I looked up after 9/11 and realized that his plan had been executed. Remember, with all his Frankfurt School whining, he lived in lovely Boston and his last 15 years in the gem of the CA coast, La Jolla. The Baader Meinhof killers in Germany were inspired by Marcuse... they are the ones who facilitated the Pali killers of the Israeli athletes at the '72 Munich Olympics. I'd say "wake up, people," but I think the Progressive Democrats know EXACTLY what they are doing and they do not care. Ugh. Watch. (50:40) http://youtu.be/gbzhmMDFcFQ

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